The average price of freight per kilometer rotated closed the month of September to R$ 6.44, after a rise of 1.30% in comparison with August. It is what points out the Edenred Repom Freight Index (IFR). One of the reasons for the variation is the warming of industrial activity, especially in the construction and consumer goods sectors. According to the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) of Brazilian industry, the sector advanced to 53.2 in September, from 50.4 in the previous month, considering the mark of 50 that separates growth from contraction of 1 in its scale, in the indicator that has 0.
“The impact on freight price has been caused by the increase in transportation demand from the industrial sector, as for fuel we have observed stability in the price of diesel that, according to the Edenred Ticket Log Price Index (IPTL), ended September the R$ 6.10 the common type, stable before August, and the S-10 to R$ 6.17, after a slight increase of 0.16%”, comments Vinicios Fernandes, Director of Edenred Repom.
In addition, according to Fernandes, there is an expectation of an increase in the price of the dollar, which should remain until the end of the year, and the SELIC 2024 rate should be above the projected rate at the beginning of 2024, which may contribute to the upward trend in the price of freight. “These two factors directly impact the operating cost of transportation companies, both in the price of fuel and in the maintenance of the” fleet, explains the Director of Edenred Repom.
IFR is an index of the average freight price and its composition, raised based on the 8 million annual freight and toll voucher transactions administered by Edenred Repom. Edenred Repom, a brand of the Mobility business line of Edenred Brasil, has been specialized for 30 years in the management and payment of expenses for the road freight transport market, leader in the freight payment and toll voucher segment with 8 million annual transactions and more than 1 million truck drivers served throughout Brazil.
